Category: Events

This is closing weekend for two bluegrass musicals, one in Ben Lomond and one in Woodside.

The Robber Bridegroom, a bluegrass musical at Park Hall in Ben Lomond continues with shows this Friday and Saturday evenings and and a final performance on Sunday afternoon October 23. Information & Tickets: <mctshows.org>. The band for the Mountain Community Theater staging includes NCBS favorites Banjer Dan Mazer, Matt Bohn, Cata Fitzgerald and Mark Becker.

Bright Star, a bluegrass & Americana musical play authored by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, will be performed with a live bluegrass band by the Woodside Musical Theatre, with remaining shows Friday-Sunday October 21, 22, & 23, 2022. The show venue is the Woodside Performing Arts Center, 199 Churchill Avenue in Woodside.

 

 

The Robber Bridegroom, a bluegrass musical at Park Hall in Ben Lomond continues with shows on Friday and Saturday evenings and on Sunday afternoon. The show runs weekends through October 23, 2022. Information & Tickets: <mctshows.org>. The band for the Mountain Community Theater staging includes NCBS favorites Banjer Dan Mazer, Matt Bohn, Cata Fitzgerald and Mark Becker.

Bright Star, a bluegrass & Americana musical play authored by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, will be performed with a live bluegrass band by the Woodside Musical Theatre, opening on Friday, October 14, with other shows on October 15, 16, 21, 22, & 23, 2022. The show venue is the Woodside Performing Arts Center, 199 Churchill Avenue, Woodside, CA.

Bright Star, a bluegrass musical play authored by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, will be performed with a bluegrass band by the Woodside Musical Theatre on October 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, & 23, 2022.

The show venue is the Woodside Performing Arts Center, 199 Churchill Avenue, Woodside, CA.

The Robber Bridegroom, a bluegrass musical at Park Hall in Ben Lomond continues with shows on Friday and Saturday evenings and on Sunday afternoon. The show runs weekends through October 23, 2022.

Information & Tickets: <mctshows.org>. The band for the Mountain Community Theater staging includes NCBS favorites Banjer Dan Mazer, Matt Bohn, Cata Fitzgerald and Mark Becker.

Molly Tuttle of Nashville, formerly of Palo Alto, and a former member of the Northern California Bluegrass Society, was named Female Vocalist Of The Year at the 2022 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards in Raleigh, NC. Here is the full list of winners:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: Billy Strings

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR: Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Heart

SONG OF THE YEAR: “Red Daisy” Billy Strings

Written by Jarrod Walker/Christian Ward

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: My Bluegrass Heart. Béla Fleck

GOSPEL RECORDING OF THE YEAR: “In the Sweet By and By”

Dolly Parton with Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, Bradley Walker, and Jerry Salley

INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR: “Vertigo”

Béla Fleck featuring Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Bryan Sutton

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Rick Faris

COLLABORATIVE RECORDING OF THE YEAR: “In the Sweet By and By”

Dolly Parton with Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, Bradley Walker, and Jerry Salley

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Molly Tuttle

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Del McCoury

BANJO PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Béla Fleck

BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Jason Moore

RESOPHONIC GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Justin Moses

FIDDLE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes

GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Cody Kilby

MANDOLIN PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Sierra Hull